24 Hour Yoghurt Vs A Probiotic Pill

24 hour Yoghurt vs a Probiotic – Here’s why you need to make this!

Fermented food has been a mainstay of the human diet for tens of thousands of years. These days fermenting is not so common – to the detriment of our health. If you’re on the gut health path, you are probably keen to learn how to get more fermented food into your diet. Getting a dose of probiotics from homemade, naturally fermented yoghurt is a great place to start. But, it can’t be any old yoghurt – it has to be homemade 24-hour yoghurt if you want to get your fill.

Does waiting two days for yoghurt to ferment seem unreasonable to you? Are you wondering why you can’t just take a probiotic pill? You can, but no pill will match the amount of good bacteria you ingest with a generous dollop of homemade 24 hour yoghurt.

Hopefully, this post will convince you to take or make the time. 24 hour yoghurt vs a probiotic; the facts are pretty staggering!

The Facts – 24 hour Yoghurt vs a Probiotic

For each 1 ml of yoghurt you eat, you ingest about 3 billion CFUs of probiotic goodness. CFUs are colony-forming units; a measure of how many bacteria are in a substance. In just one cup of 24 hour yoghurt you get about 700 billion beneficial bacteria! Wow! That is incredible. Now go check your bottle of probiotics. My guess is that it will be around the 20 – 30 billion mark per capsule. That’s a big difference hey? About 30 times the healthy bacteria going into your tummy in one, delicious serve of homemade yoghurt. Can’t argue with that! Source here and here . 24 hour yoghurt also has a higher probiotic count than commercial yoghurt because it is fermented longer.

The Probiotic Low Down

Probiotics are strains of beneficial bacteria that, when we take them, support our native, beneficial bacteria. They also help prevent the opportunistic bacteria and bad bacteria from getting out of control.

Bacteria is a Living Thing

Bacteria can morph quickly and has a short and volatile life. You know how quickly milk can sour if left out? A bowl of fresh, chilled, homemade yoghurt has an abundance of good bacteria set in the same environment they grew in. No shipping, no repackaging, no contamination, just perfectly alive, good bacteria, awaiting ingestion. Contrast that to the bacteria in a capsule that may have become dormant. Fingers crossed that doesn’t happen to your expensive probiotics, but who knows how long they have been sitting on a shelf?

Good Bacteria at a Bargain Price

Finally, consider how much you spend on probiotics. If you’re like me, it’s a lot! With homemade 24 hour yoghurt, the cost is equal to a carton of milk – or coconut milk if you prefer. But stop! Don’t throw those pills and capsules out. It’s not a case of one or the other, it’s the more the merrier! I’m not suggesting 24 hour yoghurt replace your probiotics. Most times a good probiotic contains strains of beneficial bacteria not available in homemade, 24 hour yoghurt.

In addition to being a hefty source of probiotic, 24 hour yoghurt is super nutritious.

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